A drone flying just under southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It c and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the bigg
Southwest of us. Where were the drones coming from and who is responsible . And from tears to elation. The baseball player who just days ago broke down on the field thinking he had been traded hits a dramatic gamewinning home run for the team he loves. And its gone he did it flores we have a feeling hes not going anywhere. Today, august 1st 2015. From nbc news this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im craig melvin alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer is here. You are right. Wilmer flores has been with the mets since he was 16. You can play at 16 . Well farm system. He was in the farm system. You are thinking you missed the boat . I could have played at 16. It could happen. That aint happening. Well have more on that coming up. We begin the top story which is the out of control wildfires. Two dozen of them out west show no signs of letting up. This morning, the firefighters battling the blazes are mourning
Destroyed and on the edge of the inferno, firefighters risking their lives to save peoples property. I heard this loud explosion and ferocious noise. Reporter about 70 miles away, same story, different terrain. Crews moving to contain the fire that has been torching forest pines. We see flames in excess of 100 feet. Reporter the rocky fire is the biggest at 18,000 acres. All across california, 23 large fires are burning in the midst of a severe drought. With that drought, comes dry vegetation and wind conditions make the potential for firefighting dangerous. Reporter the governor declared a state of emergency and National Guard to help crews on the ground. This morning, firefighters start another dangerous day of trying to contain the flames. And this weekends weather is expected to make conditions more dangerous. Red flag Warnings Issued in the northern part of the state and dry thunderstorms, the worst kind for firefighters are expected to bring heavy lightning and strong wind. Erica
That could well threaten the survival of my country and the future of my people. Irans quest for Nuclear Weapons. Larry man, that that sounds really familiar. And our focus should be how do we stop iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon . Larry thats right. Obama spoke about the same thing yesterday, and Everybody Knows whats on irans mind. This is their official todo list. laughter i mean its not a its not a mystery, is all im saying. So why is netanyahu here telling us the same thing our president told us the day before . I mean, me could have just called, could have facetimed us, goog handout. Speaker john boehner and House Republicans invited netanyahu without consulting the white house and president obama. Larry you know, republicans, would you just stop it please. You made netanyahu come all the way over here just to embarrass obama . Hes the Prime Minister of israel not the Better Call Saul of international diplomacy. You werent a legislative accident. You cant just call his 1800 li
Larry tonightly, congress has a party and doesnt invite obama. Sounds like obamas the winner in that one. laughter were talking guns on campus. Why should there be only one way for College Students to legally bang each other . laughter College Students and guns yeah they go together like pub like Peanut Butter and accidental homicide. Bring your textbook and a. K. Because im about to school you. Its the nightly show. Captioning sponsored by Comedy Central cheers and applause larry thank you very much. We have a great crowd here. What a great, great we love you, larry larry we love you too. And i especially love dandy man. cheers and applause love that dandy man. Okay welcome to the nightly show. Im larry wilmore. Now, the big story today that all the kids are talking about, israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or bibi as those of us who vacation with him call him laughter spoke to congress about the u. S. upcoming negotiations with iran. I feel a profound obligation to speak to yo